Yoke for connecting animals



(No Model.)

W. GARMIGHAEL.

YOKE FOR GONNEGTING ANIMALS. I V

No. 381,332. PatentedApr. 1'7, 1888.

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WILLIAM'OARMIOHAEL, or BAIRDH, TEXAS.

YOKE FOIR CONNECTINIGIANIMALS; T

sPEcImcAmon forming part of Letters Patent=1To. 381.332, dated April 17,1988. Application filed January 5, 1888. Serial 259,917. (F om odd.)

, To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM OARMIQHAEL,

of Baird, in the county of. Callahan and State of Texas, have inventeda new and useful Imlowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a yoke or coupling forlconnecting two animals together when grazing,which shall be so constructed as'to permit of automatic disconnection in case either of the animals gets a fore leg over the coupling. It is desirable for many reasons to thus couple animals together, and especially mules, in order to pr'eventthem 1 from straying away too far and from jumping fences, and also to facilitate the catching of them again; but it frequently happens that one of theanimals gets a fore leg over the coupling and is so seriously injured as to impair its usefulness for life.

95 ence to the drawings, in which-1' Figure 1 is a detail side view of my invention, and Fig. 2a view showing the same applied. i

Arepresents a yoke-shaped bar of metal 0 about five or six inches in length, and formed with a hook, O, at each end.

Bis a fiat spring applied to the middle 0 bar A and rigidly fastened thereto. This sprin g extends along the upper edge of bar Aand 5 overlaps the end of each hook O, and serves to secure in each hook Caring, D, that connects with a chain or strap, F,whicli extends to the collar or halter G about the necks of the two animals. To the bottom side of the bar A is 4Q attached a pendent weight, E,which I prefer to construct as a bell. This weight serves always to keep the spring Bat the-top',and also,

when constructed as abell, facilitates the find-,

ing of the team when grazing in wild country.

With the yoke as thus constructed it will be seen that when the animals simply pull which the fol-' which relation of parts the fastening resists the strain.

the coupling before ny injury can be doneto' the animal. f

-ting it in the place of some of the links.

Having. thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- {is weighted'and formed with one or morehooks along the upper edge outside of and overlapping the hook, substantially as and for the purpose described. p v

' 2. The coupling-bar A, having hooks C. at its opposite ends, and provided with a spring,B, extending outside ofv and overlapping both hooks, substantially described.

one or both (ends, the be]; E,attached tofthe tending along the upper-edge of thebar'andstantially as shown anddescribed.

A,having one or more hooks, O, and a spring,

described.

- Witnesses: A

- 'F. S. BELL,

A.A. BELL.

In making use'of myinventionl maylonly The yoke-bar A,wit h1its hooks and spring; may be used in any coupling by simply put- O, and-provided with a Spring, B, extending 7o lower side of the bar A, and the springB, ex-" L 4. The combination, with thehalters orco 'llars G G and the chain F, of the coupling-bar.

WILLIAM QARMICHAEL.-

ens and the rings D fall into'the books .00 p 1 and pull longitudinally with the bar, A, in 150 5 If, however,one of the animals getsa foreleg over the coupling-chain,the weightE holds the bar A in suchposition as to keep-the 1 spring B at the top, and thepull of the" ring, D then comes against the springB, whichah lo'wsthe ring to pass out and thus disconnect 1. The coupling-bar A, having its'lower side I as and for the purpose The coupling-barA, having ahook, C, at

overlapping the hookiipon the outside,-sub- B, overlapping the same upon the outside of o the hook, substantially asand for the purpose A 

